The Forum OSID defines threaded diiscussion groups managing a set of posts and replies.

Posts

A Post is an OsidObject that defines some text, a timestamp, and a poster.

Replies

A Reply is similar to a Post but is in response to either a Post or another Reply . A Reply is a Containable making directly accessible any nested Replies outside of the session.

Posters

An Agent posts to a Forum or an Agent replies to a Post . The relationship between the Agent and its associated Resource is orchestrated within the Forum OSID. Posts and Replies reveal both the posting Agent and the associated poster Resource .

Forum Catalogs

Forums represent collections of Posts . Forums may be created through federation or by selecting Posts based on their attributes to create a virtual catalog of Posts. Replies are always associated with their Posts and may not be cataloged independently.

Sub Packages

The Forum OSID contains a Forum Batch OSID for managing Posts and Replies in bulk.